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When Claude is worth the $ vs. when a local model does the job

Claude or local? Wrong question. Both. Here's how to pick.

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A scene-by-scene walkthrough of every beat in the video. Plain English. Real numbers. Real workflow.

The walkthrough

  1. Claude or local? Wrong question. Both. Here's how to pick.
  2. This is not anti-Claude. Claude is the best reasoning model out there.
  3. Question 1. Is this a novel problem you've never solved before?
  4. Yes? Claude. Architecture. Hard debugging. Strategy.
  5. No? Keep reading.
  6. Question 2. Is the input format predictable?
  7. Yes? Local model. Classify. Translate. Format. Summarize.
  8. Tag 1000 emails. Routine. Local handles it for $0.
  9. Architect a new pricing model. Novel. Claude every time.
  10. Routine + predictable = local. Novel + reasoning = Claude.
  11. 1000 routine tasks. Claude: $30. Local: $0.
  12. 5 architecture sessions on Claude: $5. Best $5 you'll spend all month.
  13. Mixed stack: ~$15 a month. Claude-only: $150+. Local-only: missing reasoning.
  14. My CRM cleanup runs local. Contract review runs Claude. Mixed by job type.
  15. Always Claude: planning. Architecture. Novel reasoning. Code review.
  16. Always local: bulk classify. Translate. Format. Summarize. Tag.
  17. Remember the router from EP05? This is what it routes ON.
  18. Claude where it matters. Local everywhere else.
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